As a Baton Rouge legal learner, you’ve likely noticed that pretrial briefs are no longer just about citing cases; they require a strategic blend of structured argumentation and technological leverage.

Normally, such a serious charge would land someone behind bars until their trial. But McEnroe-Keaulii was enjoying an unusual ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 23—An 18-year-old charged in two separate homicides will be heading back to jail after the state Supreme Court ruled that an ...

Every year, millions of people are arrested, required to pay money bail they cannot afford, separated from their families and loved ones, or subjected to long periods of incarceration based on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pretrial hearings for former President Donald Trump’s federal criminal trial began Tuesday at the Alto Lee Adams Sr. U.S.

Two things are true at the same time about pre-trial release in New York, and both are essential for legislators to understand as they consider whether to further adjust changes to the bail laws ...

Illinois abolished cash bail and drove down the population at the Cook County jail. Under the county’s top prosecutor, it’s ...

The state has a tremendously successful pilot in four counties to offer free services to those on pretrial release. But federal budget cuts put the program at risk. Last year, R.J. Horacek, a ...